more photos link + freezing, not freezing.
A link to more photos from the training.
I maintain that everyone is 3 years older than you think.
The HK weather here does wonders for keeping the Asian's youthful look.
Until they hit 35 it seems. Then they age twice as fast to make up for lost time.
I miss the snow, but hearing about how much snow there is in Canada, some may force me to eat my words. But then again, after a big snowstorm I always did enjoy to jump around the snow.
It's winter here and someone commented at my workplace that it was freezing. "Freezing? What?" "Yeah!" "Hey," I said, "I'm from Canada" He apologised. A bit profusely actually. I started "You don't know freezing -" but I realized, it literally wasn't. The weather is like 17 degrees. "It's not freezing until it's below 0 degrees! It's not freezing outside."
Sheesh.
Yeah, poor me. 17-degree weather.
I maintain that everyone is 3 years older than you think.
The HK weather here does wonders for keeping the Asian's youthful look.
Until they hit 35 it seems. Then they age twice as fast to make up for lost time.
I miss the snow, but hearing about how much snow there is in Canada, some may force me to eat my words. But then again, after a big snowstorm I always did enjoy to jump around the snow.
It's winter here and someone commented at my workplace that it was freezing. "Freezing? What?" "Yeah!" "Hey," I said, "I'm from Canada" He apologised. A bit profusely actually. I started "You don't know freezing -" but I realized, it literally wasn't. The weather is like 17 degrees. "It's not freezing until it's below 0 degrees! It's not freezing outside."
Sheesh.
Yeah, poor me. 17-degree weather.
posted by Canadian "Civil" Servant at 01:24
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That remote control sure comes in handy, doesn't it? That's more like it. Pictures. We love pictures. Lots and lots of pictures. And of course your incisive commentary.
if it's so warm, how come you're all wearing winter jackets? http://www.dougbastien.com/about/blog/DSC00002.JPG
rc
I haven't been taking photos. And those aren't my photos.
My camera is too huge and clunky to effectively bring it anywhere. Oy vey.
Being high up in the mountains, it can be quite cold.
But yes, it has been colder than 17 degrees. Like down to 9 degrees. But still, it never gets freezing temperatures.
While teaching a class, I mentioned that in Canada it can get to below 30. They couldn't imagine what that temperature is like. There was white around the eyes. Except for the few who had been to Beijing during the winter or even Canada without making it out in time before the cold.
http://www.dougbastien.com/about/blog/DSC00002.JPG
But also notice there's a guy in the front wearing a short-sleeved shirt too.
The mountains have that effect; the lower level of oxygen makes it feel colder, and it also blocks some oxygen to the brain making you think you can wear short-sleeved shirts. Haha.
Oh. Well, it's nice to see pictures regardless of who took them.
I think the sensation of cold is relative. Rick Mercer was interviewing a fellow outdoors in Yellowknife last week, and while Rick's toes were turning blue inside his Sorels, the other guy was standing there in his house slippers. So I guess if you're used to +30 day-in and day-out, it feels a bit nippy when it drops to +6. Not to mention, you guys don't enjoy the benefits of central heating do you? Or am I living in the past?
Just so you know what you're missing, it's currently -22 here in Montreal with "smoke" on the water. Snow would be nice, but it's just too damn cold to snow!
it's warmer this week. i walked outside this morning and it was -13C, not much wind i believe. i thought i was in paradise.
See? I told you it was all relative, didn't I? But wait, it gets better. +4 by Sunday!
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